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I've just got my hands on IA 8, and for my Samurai Orks I've always wanted to make a mecha list, and with the dread mob list I've finally had my chance. the list is actually a symmetrical build which can split in half and work as two units. the basic setup is a column kind of like this:
[big trakk]
[warcopta full of spanna boyz]
[meka dread]
[deff dreads]
[mega dread]
there's two of them in this list. I'm just wondering if there's anything I can improve with this list. here's what I've got so far:

HQ
Kustom meka dread: kustom force field, rattler cannon: 265
Kustom meka dread: kustom force field, rattler cannon: 265

Elites
none

Troops
10 Spanna boys: mek, shootas: 70
10 Spanna boys: mek, shootas: 70
3 deff dreads: 6 big shootas: 285
3 deff dreads: 6 big shootas: 285

Fast attack
Warcopta: rattler kannon: 75
Warcopta: rattler kannon: 75

Heavy Support
Mega dread: grot riggers: 180
Mega dread: grot riggers: 180
big trak: supa-kannon, grot riggers: 125
big trak: supa-kannon, grot riggers: 125

so any improvements I can make?

 yeri wrote:
I've just got my hands on IA 8, and for my Samurai Orks I've always wanted to make a mecha list, and with the dread mob list I've finally had my chance. the list is actually a symmetrical build which can split in half and work as two units. the basic setup is a column kind of like this:
[big trakk]
[warcopta full of spanna boyz]
[meka dread]
[deff dreads]
[mega dread]
there's two of them in this list. I'm just wondering if there's anything I can improve with this list. here's what I've got so far:

HQ
Kustom meka dread: kustom force field, rattler cannon: 265
Kustom meka dread: kustom force field, rattler cannon: 265

Elites
none

Troops
10 Spanna boys: mek, shootas: 70
10 Spanna boys: mek, shootas: 70
3 deff dreads: 6 big shootas: 285
3 deff dreads: 6 big shootas: 285

Fast attack
Warcopta: rattler kannon: 75
Warcopta: rattler kannon: 75

Heavy Support
Mega dread: grot riggers: 180
Mega dread: grot riggers: 180
big trak: supa-kannon, grot riggers: 125
big trak: supa-kannon, grot riggers: 125

so any improvements I can make?

from what i can tell you are going to be using forge world armor book army list/rules.
As far as getting advice on this, it will be few and far in between because this is not the normal orky units most players have at hand/codex/tourney.
As such i can offer this. If you are going to use dread mob, i would lose the BIG traks with supper cannons. Take more Mega dreads. the deff dreads dont come in squadrons per normal rules.
Thus drop them. Take more mega dreads! Yeah, now your talking 5/6 mega dreads. Then crush in the remaining space with spanner boyz. Wouldnt worry about repairs, use spanners boyz for them. So lose
grot riggers and suchs.

idk what eles.